lambretta

just had this pop up on my facebook feed 

https://www.facebook.com/GIAdventure.Fans/videos/1842810292429492/

the track over barmouth bridge leads to a narrow gauge railway so that could throw up interesting options 

few pics of barmouth bridge

i am hols there at the moment (barmouth )

check rails all the way from the tunnel mouth to the other side 

on the wooden part the rails are raised and the check rails are higher than the running rails 

will take some pics whilst i am here and post some 

brm magazine aug 2017 has a layout feature on barmouth station 

wouldnt be surprised if they havent changed just enough to stay legal 

as these are a copy of tcs decoders this may be a clue  page 17 on manual gives instructions for enabling stay alive https://tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Technical_Info/Tech_Manuals/Comprehensive%20Programming%20Guide.pdf

got hold of an electrofrog point and it goes over so that is the way to go 

it needed a silly amount of lead before it would go over insulfrog

edit 

only question now is why does my tatty old one with thin wire connections to the front and back wheels go over but the new Hornby with brass connections to all wheels stall 

Another source is your local tyre centre, ask them if you can have some of the old 'lead' weights they have removed from wheels before balancing them, it helps if you are having some new tyres fitted at the time but most will be happy to give you a handful for free.

sons a tyre fitter so will have a word when i give him a lift in tomorrow get some of the sticky backed ones they use for alloy wheels 

What is the Test Function on CVs you wish the new app had? I can do everything I need on the app and don’t understand what the test function is that you want, especially for CVs as these yiuvtwst these hen you apply them - if you don’t like the setting you can change back to the previous value?

on the iold app when you selected a cv there was a button to push to test to see what it did and you could pick the best icon eg is it a low high horn or a single tone 

ren it around with a big roll of solder on top and it clered the points so it look like i shll have to raid my fishing gear for a bit of lead weight for ballast 

they are rad 2-3 curved points and the old one goes around at a creep so am pretty sure its engine related so will keep investigating that 

i have bent the contacts a touch to ensure they are making good contact with the wheels no matter where they are in relation to  the body 

i will have to try it on some of the standard points 

ps it will go over a  good speed but not on creep 

tried rocking from side to side and that didnt help but pushing down did 

build quality is pretty poor the body rocks freely on the chassis d

looked at going for electro frogs which makes sense but would mean taking up a lot of track to replace the 4 curved Hornby point i have  using printed templates at the moment to see how i can minimise disruption expect i will have to go to normal rather than curved point 

will try that tomorrow 

i have the dcc clips fitted to all of the points 

it stalls as the leading wheels are going over the frog in both forward or reverse 

yes so far  still in the process of converting others and these are the only 2 short wheelbase engines i have 

should add its 3 different point of the same type

only thought i have is the wheels are lifting some how but cant see that they are  and would think if the frog is lifting on the outside rail it would do the same when going down the inside trck 

love mine but wish the new app had the test function on the cvs

i can also give my grandson a tablet with just the one engine on and i can stop it in an emergency from my ipad 

has contacts to all 6 wheels i expect its the cheepo version as it is split from a train set

strange thing is i have an almost identical version no markings on it but suspect it may be lima as it is so close to this cheepo Hornby and that creeps around no problem at all with a cheep  ebay  controller  and that only has contacts on the front and rear pair of wheels  and they are just thin pieces of wire compared to the brass strips on the Hornby 

i have a new 6 wheel diesel (split from Hornby goods set)

running dcc but same fault on dc

the engine stalls on the Hornby curved points but only on the outside track and will run fine around the inner 

no signs of it shorting running a z21 and light stays blue(woud go red on short)

any ideas as it has me baffled 

have checked track is true and all seems ok and have good contact to all 6 wheels 

i have seen the stall test mentioned but i cant see the need

when are you ever likely to get a situation when you would stall an engine 

metal wheels on metal track would just continue to turn if the engine hit an immovable object surely 

and who in their right mind would run an engine into something 

i can see the need to check the engines maximum current draw on full power although how often would anyone even do that 

i have the same problem with these chips using a z21 white

swapped them for the cheap £10 ebay chips and they run as sweet as a nut

going to try the hattons chips for lighting and signals 

i am going to have a play with mine and use them to switch building lights on and off and change signals  colour  and try the flicker for a welding shed 

£10 laisdcc runs sweet as a nut 

will give those a try 

cant send mine back as i cut off the plug to hardwire them in

no joy so going to try the £10 ebay cheepos next

ps many of my defaults were different to yours 

has anyone found a way of getting these hattons chips to run without the constant stop start 

had an Hornby class 40 die on me 

posted to hattons on tues 

they received on thurs

phone call today fri to say replacement on its way 

cant ask for better than that 

well done hattons